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We remember Ernest Bertram Nelson
We remember Ernest Bertram Nelson
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1891
birth
India
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1891
service
British Army
Second Lieutenant
Indian Army Reserve of Officers
Attached 1/8 Battalion Gurkha Rifles
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1917
death
Killed in Action
Mushaidie
Iraq
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Source:6988337
15th March 1917
burial
Iraq
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| Gender | Source |
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| Male |
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Military Service
Military Service
| Service | Number | Unit | Section | Rank | Source |
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| British Army | Indian Army Reserve of Officers | Attached 1/8 Battalion Gurkha Rifles | Second Lieutenant |
Family
Parents
| Name | Relationship | Dates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S H Nelson | father |
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Portrait photograph of Ernest Bertram Nelson2 Lieutenant Ernest Bertram Nelson Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 1/8 Battalion Gurkha Rifles Lt Nelson was an Exhibitioner of Wadham College, Oxford and of Corpus Christi College Cambridge, graduating in 1912. After joining the Officer Training Corps, he served with the Calcutta Light Horse in 1913. In January 1915, Lt Nelson transferred to Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides before being attached to the Gurkha Rifles. He served in Mesopotamia in 1916 and participated in the capture of Kut and Baghdad. Lt Nelson was killed in action, aged 26, at Mushaidie on 15 March 1917. He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial in Iraq. Photograph presented by his father, S H Nelson of Goring-on-Thames.
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| Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records | Imperial1 |
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| Portrait photograph of Ernest Bertram Nelson | Charlotte33 |
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